Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition
V Havurinne, R Aitokari, H Mattila, V Käpylä… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
One of the main mysteries regarding photosynthetic sea slugs is how the slug plastids
handle photoinhibition, the constant light-induced damage to Photosystem II of …
handle photoinhibition, the constant light-induced damage to Photosystem II of …
Photosynthetic animals and where to find them: abundance and size of a solar-powered sea slug in different light conditions
Three populations of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia crispata on reefs from the southern
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean were analyzed. The aim was to describe and compare the …
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean were analyzed. The aim was to describe and compare the …
Shedding light on starvation in darkness in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
S Frankenbach, J Melo Clavijo, M Brück, S Bleidißel… - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
Sacoglossa are known for stealing photosynthetically active chloroplasts from their
macroalgal food and incorporating them into their cytosol. The nutritional support these alien …
macroalgal food and incorporating them into their cytosol. The nutritional support these alien …
Targeting Plastids in an Animal Cell
Sacoglossa display one of nature's most curious photosymbiotic systems. Instead of
establishing a symbiosis with an algal partner, like other photosymbiotic animals, these …
establishing a symbiosis with an algal partner, like other photosymbiotic animals, these …
A photosynthetic animal: A Sacoglossan sea slug that steals chloroplasts
R Aoki, S Matsunaga - Cytologia, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Sacoglossan sea slugs are able to steal chloroplasts from their algal prey and acquire
photosynthetic capacity (termed kleptoplasty). These 'stolen'plastids provide sea slugs with a …
photosynthetic capacity (termed kleptoplasty). These 'stolen'plastids provide sea slugs with a …
An Inordinate Fondness for Slugs: Phylogenomics of the Diverse Gastropod Clade Heterobranchia, a Group Key to Our Understanding of the Evolution of Shell …
VL Knutson - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Gastropods are exquisitely successful organisms, their shell undoubtedly playing a key role
in their success. Despite being such an effective defense mechanism, the gastropod shell …
in their success. Despite being such an effective defense mechanism, the gastropod shell …